Plus: Signage is up at Gourmet Garage; Gill & Lagodich found a new home in the area; Duane Park jazz event; record and CD sale; possible pop-up gallery; summer games on Water Street. / 1 comment
"Our handcrafted, jewel-inspired mini cakes and chocolates are the ultimate showstoppers for any occasion," says Melanie Moss, a former pastry chef at Blue Hill at Stone Barns. / 4 comments
"It's tremendously rewarding to help people stay here for as long as they can," says Albert Eshoo, founder of Right at Home of Lower Manhattan (and a local resident). "Our clients want to remain in the city where their friends and favorite activities are." / Sponsored
Plus: The Hideaway is still closed; the Lilac and S-Cruise by Smartboat are back; another Tribeca building being marketed as single-family residence; work has started on the Jacadi boutique; MFA thesis show.
Plus: Hudson Street bus stop returns; a branch of Simit + Smith appears to have closed; terrific W. Broadway sketch; preservationist walking tour of Tribeca; Lafayette storefront starting to be unveiled; movie recommendation. / 1 comment
"I didn’t want to work in an office anymore, so I took classes in sewing, decoupage, and race-car driving," says Debra Miller of how she came to start Tribeca Upholstery & Draperies. "I thought to myself, 'Which one can I make a career out of?'" / 2 comments
Plus: Rendering of the new building at 465 Washington; City Hall restaurant's Henry Meer to open Pier 16 kiosk; 70 Pine conversion delayed; another coworking space in FiDi. / 12 comments
Plus: Falafellas opening in FiDi; Cloud Gallery is open; photography exhibit at Steve Amedee Gallery; agenda additions for Community Board 1 Seaport Committee. / 2 comments
Plus: $104 million and ten years to fix Pier 40; Battery Park City mail facility to close; 40 Worth storefront play; tax relief for yacht owners. / 3 comments
Plus: Menus for the market and the Beaubourg restaurant; electeds meet with Battery Park City Authority about ignoring locals; more guilty pleas from bikers in 2013 assault; fat pets.
"Opening this practice let me create exactly what I'd create for my own family," says Dr. Tiffany Otto Knipe, whose Washington Market Pediatrics has debuted in the space that was formerly Moomah. / 4 comments
Plus: Checking in with exiled Manhattan Sailing School; American Thread Building analysis; bagel sign. / 2 comments
Don't the speed cameras only kick in at 11mph over? So wouldn't that mean at least 36mph? — malcolm / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
Meantime, I just got a speeding ticket by a camera going 31 on Chambers Street on a surprisingly clear road,... — Elizabeth / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
Joke or not, that sign has to go. — Marcus / Seen & Heard: Wayfinding for a counterfeit bazaar
Second that; thank you for the compelling history of this building (and our neighborhood)! When available, would be great to... — Reader on Reade / 54 Laight Street in the Tribeca North Historic District is for sale
Congratulations for staying in business in Tribeca. I had a storefront in Tribeca with my family for over 50 years... — Amy Bergenfeld / Spotlight: Greenwich St. Jewelers at 50
Apparently Chip City shuttered all 20+ of its retail locations this week. — James Bogardus / Cookies coming to 325 Greenwich
Sorry, but to whom should businesses cater, if not the neighborhood families who live and raise children there? — K / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow